If you’re not following the great Goh_Billy on Twitter, you should. This massive fighting game fan very frequently chronicles and shares various aspects of classic fighting titles and presents them in interesting and creative ways for the whole community to enjoy.
With Billy’s main focus being on old school fighting game sprites, we often get to see isolated special move effects, characters, and special sprites while not having to be in the midst of a fight to do so. Billy’s latest works isolate and share sprites from the Darkstalkers series, and this time we get to see what each fighter looks like when they’re struck with an electricity-based attack.
Late last year, Goh_Billy shared an image that featured all of Street Fighter 3: Third Strike’s shocked character sprites, and even here in this day and age these stills are beautifully expressive. From the movement you can see within each one even when not animated to interesting little quirks like Q’s skeleton not being shown, these Third Strike sprites were an absolute joy to see.
Now we get to see the shocked character sprites for another game series that’s animation and style is easily on par with Third Strike’s, if not, better than. The same goes for just how beautifully expressive these monsters are when they’re electrocuted.
There are 20 sprites that Billy has collected here that feature all of the characters you know from each of the classic Darkstalkers games. Some are easy to identify, such as Sasquatch with his giant mouth and wide body, while others might be a little tougher to decipher.
That being said, just like the Third Strike sprites there are some really interesting little nuances to be spotted among these slick images. For example, Darkstalkers’ resident mummy Anakaris appears as a thin, mummified bodied when he’s shocked, and what looks to be Huitzil can be seen with a glowing power core in his chest.
Check out these awesome Darkstalkers shocked character sprites below, and let us know in the comments which is your favorite.
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Here are the shocked sprites of the Darkstalkers. pic.twitter.com/WtEIbpWDBA
— Goh_Billy (@GohBilly1) January 16, 2025
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